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S.A. Agulhas II at sea during sunset, beginning its journey to Antarctica. (Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust/James Blake)

The S.A. Agulhas II surrounded by sea ice as it makes its way towards the coordinates to find the Endurance. (Credit: Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust/James Blake)

The Endurance22 sub-sea team with the SAAB Sabertooth AUV that found the wreck of Endurance. (Photo by Esther Horvath)

Sub-sea team of Endurance22 expedition and crew of S.A. Agulhas II launch the SAAB Sabertooth AUV, in the search for Sir Ernest Shackleton lost ship, the Endurance. (Photo by Esther Horvath)

Sub-sea team of Endurance22 expedition and crew of S.A. Agulhas II launched the SAAB Sabertooth AUV to dive down to 3000 meters ocean depth. (Photo by Esther Horvath)

Director of Exploration for Endurance22 and FMHT Trustee, Mensun Bound, with Tim Jacob, Director of the Traveler Program for Reach the World (pictured here next to S.A. Agulhas II holding the Explorers Club flag). (©Frederic Bassemayousse)

British polar explorer, Dr John Shears (pictured here with Weddell Seals during the expedition in 2022) led the Endurance22 Expedition. (©Frederic Bassemayousse)

Mensun Bound on the ice in the Antarctic. (Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust/Esther Horvath)

An image of the Endurance as discovered underwater during the 2022 expedition. (© Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust / National Geographic)

3D scan of the Endurance in her final resting place at the bottom of the Weddell Sea. (© Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust / National Geographic)

Boot found on the wreck in March 2022. (© Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust) / Frank Wild, Shackleton's second-in-command, plays with one of the dogs, Sue, in the dogpen on the Endurance. (credit: RGS/Frank Hurley)

1914 Lino discovered on the wreck in 2022. (© Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust) / ITAE crew members (left to right): James Wordie, Alfred Cheetham and Alexander Macklin clean the linoleum floor of the galley on the Endurance. (credit: RGS/Frank Hurley)

The ITAE crew members sit down for a Midwinter feast on the Endurance, five months after the ship became stuck in ice and four months before the crew was forced to evacuate. They had a special dinner that day consisting of roast pork, stewed apples, preserved peas and a plum pudding. (credit: RGS/Frank Hurley) / Dinner plates found on the wreck (© Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust)

Flare gun found on the wreck. (credit: Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust)

The stern of the Endurance with the name and emblematic polestar. (© Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust / National Geographic)

Endurance Starboard bow. Image (© Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust / National Geographic)

Endurance Taffrail and ship’s wheel, aft well deck. (© Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust / National Geographic)

John Shears and Mensun Bound look at images of Endurance in the control room, from where the AUV was operated. (credit: Esther Horvath)

(From left to right): John Shears, Expedition Leader , Mensun Bound, Director of Exploration, Nico Vincent, Expedition Sub-Sea Manager of Endurance22 expedition look at images of Endurance in the control room, from where the AUV was operated. (credit: Esther Horvath)

Control room monitors showing the wreck of Endurance (credit: Esther Horvath)

The ITAE crew members sit down for a Midwinter feast on the Endurance, five months after the ship became stuck in ice and four months before the crew was forced to evacuate. (RGS/Frank Hurley)

Frank Hurley with his cameras, one of which was a moving image camera: a Prestwich No. 5 cinema camera. (credit: SPRI/Frank Hurley)

Frank Hurley, Frank Wild and Ernest Shackleton at "Ocean Camp," December 1915. (Credit: RGS/Frank Hurley)

Ernest Shackleton aboard the Endurance. (Credit: BFI/Frank Hurley)

The Endurance, frozen and keeled over from the pressure of the ice. (Credit: BFI/Frank Hurley)

The Endurance frozen in the ice of the Weddell Sea. (Credit: RGS/Frank Hurley)

Frank Hurley with a camera under the bow of the Endurance. (Credit: SLNSW/Frank Hurley)